Poll: Americans Want Health Care Costs Kept in Check
Suggestions include price controls on drugs, hospitals, and doctors
SLC16A11 Linked to Type 2 Diabetes in American Indians
Diabetes association stronger in leaner individuals; partly due to weight loss after diabetes onset
HIV Does Not Worsen Outcomes of Liver Transplant in HCC
For patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transplant, HIV doesn't worsen prognosis
CDC: Gonorrhea Showing More Resistance to Cefixime
Other effective treatments remain available, but finding is cause for concern
Prescription Medication Use on the Rise in the United States
Many adults take five or more medications, often for preventable ills
AMA: 6 Steps to Help Ensure Patients Get Preventive Care
Panel management helps physicians provide preventive and chronic care to all patients
Doctors Should Consider Financial Factors Before Career Change
Issues to consider include cost of career change, ability to use Internet to monetize skills
Stem/Progenitor Cells Can Predict Wound Healing
Assays during first weeks of care can predict wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers
H. pylori Triple Therapy Linked to Erythema Multiforme
Case report describes 69-year-old who developed EM after seven days of triple antibiotic therapy
Age at Menopause, Hormone Therapy Linked to BCC Risk
Increased risk with late age at natural menopause and with any use of menopausal hormone therapy
